The House in the Woods

Don't try this at Home

Sara POV

While Luke and I prepare dinner, I make North sit on the floor in the corner of the kitchen. We have a serious discussion regarding the fact that if Sang ever says that she needs space that he needs to respect that and not automatically go for the phone to track her moves, especially if she is with someone else in the group. I mean really, what is going to happen when Sang and the boys start having a more physical relationship? I am sure that Sang is not going to want to have North listening in on her make out sessions. Mr. Grumpy comes out in full force at the end of the discussion, but I am not sure which part upsets him the most, the fact that I took his phone away for the night, or that I made him eat a Hershey bar before dinner. He kept mumbling about how eating chocolate was bad for you, and just glared at me when I told him that punishments were not supposed to feel good.

Dinner is a taco feast, but the first ten minutes are filled with the boys talking about how they wish Sang was there and how she had not make taco soup in over a month. It gets lively when they talk about their zip lining experience this morning. There were multiple courses, and I had them do each one of them twice. I knew that they would try to make everything it a competition, which meant they would rush down the course. I asked the owner to have them do a second run where they had to identify ten unusual objects per leg. This meant that they had to slow down and actually see the beauty that was around them.

After the kitchen is cleaned, the mixing begins and everyone brings the pitcher of drinks, and beers into the family room. I tell them, "I have a list of movies and you need to choose one of them. The choices are, Ferris Bueller, Napoleon Dynamite, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Trek, Swingers, Happy Gilmore, or Wedding Crashers." They are looking at me like I am crazy with the choices that I gave them.

They huddle up, and Sean says "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

I say, "North, set up the movie. Have you all seen it before?" There is a round of yes, and nodding of the head.

Then I say, "Okay, then you know this is an interactive movie, but it has also been adapted to be a drinking game. Here is how it is played, take a look at this list and chose five situations. Anytime one of your situations occurs, you can take a one drink: (technically the game is anytime any item on the list is done, but I don't want to them to get totally trashed during the movie).

Dancing occurs

You see a motorcycle

Janet mentions the rain

The audience can scream "Bitch!" at Janet

The audience can scream "Asshole!" at Brad

Rocky says "ugh!"

Columbia shrieks

Rice/Confetti are thrown

Anyone dives into a swimming pool

The dogs are heard barking

Frank changes his costume

Magenta & Riff have 'elbow sex'

The criminologist appears on screen

I hit play, and for the next hour and half we are yelling at the tv screen. I made everyone stand up and do the time warp. Tomorrow I need to remember to ask Victor if the cameras were recording because I want still shots of the looks of disbelief when I pulled Sean up out of his chair for elbow sex.

They are even more shocked when I explain that when I was in college, there was a theatre that had Rocky Horror as their midnight movie on the weekends. They didn't allow us to throw rice, but they did allow a cast to perform upfront. I played the part of Columbia and even had the sequined top hat.